as in, not eating.

today (right after i finish this organic salad i am not willing to waste!) i am beginning what's called a "master cleanse". something marpa turned me on to at the right moment, when i'm feeling my digestive system need a rest, a rinse, and a reboot!

the longest i have ever done a juice fast was maybe 4 days. so long ago i don't really remember anymore.

the book on which it's based is admittedly a bit whacko. it comes complete with the expected dose of dogma one is supposed to swallow wholesale, long with the lemonade, maple syrup and cayenne that make up the basic program, supplemented by laxative teas and a heavy salt-water "rinse" that seems foolhardy at best to me (i've heard of colonic salt rinses, but to drink a bunch of it? - um, no thank you....) also honey is demonized as the devil's own vomit, since it's something that bees have regurgitated. now, ok, i'll buy that it's sugar, but i've heard the polar opposite argument as well, having worked in health food stores for nearly a decade, that it's one of those "magic" foods. but i digress....

i'm a very oral person (in a number of ways, ahem) and going without *chewing* will likely be as big a challenge as foregoing interesting flavor and texture sensations for the duration. wtf will my mouth DO with itself?

that is the question. i look forward to dumping, here as elsewhere.....